Side project pays $100/mo, eats every evening
A practical fix and a copyable AI coding prompt. Replace bracketed placeholders with your project details.
1. Check the problem
$100/month at 20 evening-hours a week is $1.25 an hour. That's only worth it with real skills gained or a clear path to $1k/month in 90 days. Otherwise, commit a quarter to push past $1k, or sunset it.
2. Use the prompt
My side project makes $100/mo but eats every evening, about $1.25 an hour. Help me make the call: is there a clear path to $1k/mo within 90 days, or real skill-learning, that justifies the hours? If not, plan a clean sunset. Walk the math with me and recommend commit or sunset.3. Verify the fix
Review the proposed diff, run the relevant checks and exercise the original failing flow before merging.
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